On the ninth day of Chaitra Navratri, Navami, devotees arrived in large numbers at Haridwar's Maya Devi Temple to perform aarti and offer prayers on Sunday.
On the ninth day of Chaitra Navratri, devotees observed a significant ritual known as 'Kanjak', in which young girls were revered and worshipped as embodiments of Goddess Durga.
Maa Siddhidatri is worshipped on the ninth day of Navratri. She is considered to be the ninth incarnation of Goddess Durga. Siddhidatri is a Sanskrit word that means giver of meditative ability. She mounts on a lotus, and it is said that she killed the demon 'Mahishasura' on the ninth day
The morning Aarti was held at Chhatarpur's Shri Aadya Katyayani Shaktipith Mandir in the national capital on the eighth day of the nine-day-long Chaitra Navratri festival on Saturday.
The morning Aarti was held at Chhatarpur's Shri Aadya Katyayani Shaktipith Mandir in the national capital on the sixth day of the nine-day-long Chaitra Navratri festival on Thursday.
The morning Aarti was held at Jhandewalan Temple in New Delhi on the second day of the nine-day-long Chaitra Navratri festival. Goddess Durga is worshipped in the form of Mata Brahmacharini on the second day of Navratri.
The Chaitra Navratri festival began on Sunday with a morning aarti at the iconic Jhandewalan Temple, where Goddess Durga was worshipped as Mata Shailputri on Day 1.
The nine-day-long Chaitra Navratri festival began on Sunday, with the morning aarti being offered at temples across the national capital. On the first day of Navratri, Goddess Durga is worshipped in the form of Mata Shailputri.